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Teaser OiRA video

This video is addressed at micro and small companies’ (MSEs) employers to help them assess and manage, together with the employees, the occupational and safety risks of their workplace. It has been developed by the National Research and Safety Institute (INRS) in collaboration with EU-OSHA.

Road transport

This tool is intended for road transport companies of packaged goods: the content is based on the INRS brochure "Road freight transport, guide for risk assessment" (ED 6095). It was developed jointly by prevention organizations (INRS, CARSAT ...) and actors from the sector (professional organizations ...).

Catering sector

This tool is intended for traditional restaurants: the content is based on the INRS brochure "Traditional catering, occupational risk prevention" (ED 880). It was developed jointly by prevention organisations (INRS, CARSAT ...) and actors from the sector (professional organisations ...).

The video is addressed at micro and small companies’ (MSEs) employers to help them assess and manage, together with the employees, the occupational and safety risks of their workplace. It has been developed by the National Research and Safety...See more

The software tool SEIRICH has been developed by the National Research and Safety Institute (INRS) to harmonise the existing methods for assessing chemical risks in work environments in France, as well as to ensure consistency among preventive...See more

Teaser OiRA video

This video is addressed at micro and small companies’ (MSEs) employers to help them assess and manage, together with the employees, the occupational and safety risks of their workplace. It has been developed by the National Research and Safety Institute (INRS) in collaboration with EU-OSHA.

Online interactive Risk Assessment tool in France

Poster produced by INRS and accepted for the symposia session 'S02. Good practices on OSH in SMEs' co-organised by INRS and EU-OSHA within the framework of the XXI World Congress on Safety and Health at Work 2017, which will be held in Singapore from 03 to 06 September 2017.

Occupational risks - a national prevention programme

'L’Assurance maladie – Risques professionnels' (The Health Insurance - Occupational Risks) has launched a prevention programme dedicated to this sector. This article provides an interview with Jacques Perme, consulting engineer at the North East Carsat and national pilot of the programme.

Road transport

This tool is intended for road transport companies of packaged goods: the content is based on the INRS brochure "Road freight transport, guide for risk assessment" (ED 6095). It was developed jointly by prevention organizations (INRS, CARSAT ...) and actors from the sector (professional organizations ...).

Catering sector

This tool is intended for traditional restaurants: the content is based on the INRS brochure "Traditional catering, occupational risk prevention" (ED 880). It was developed jointly by prevention organisations (INRS, CARSAT ...) and actors from the sector (professional organisations ...).

Car and heavy load vehicles repair

This tool is intended for car and heavy load vehicles repair. It includes optional modules: Mechanics / Bodywork / trucks which can be activated according to the company's business. It was developed jointly by prevention organizations (INRS, CARSAT ...) and actors from the automotive repair sector (professional organizations ...).

Retail trade of non-food products

This tool is intended for small businesses from the non-food retail sector. It was developed jointly by prevention organizations (INRS, occupational health services ...) and actors from the non-food trade (professional organizations ...).

The video is addressed at micro and small companies’ (MSEs) employers to help them assess and manage, together with the employees, the occupational and safety risks of their workplace. It has been developed by the National Research and Safety...See more

The software tool SEIRICH has been developed by the National Research and Safety Institute (INRS) to harmonise the existing methods for assessing chemical risks in work environments in France, as well as to ensure consistency among preventive...See more

The Online interactive Risk Assessment tool in France poster has been accepted for the XXI World Congress on Safety and Health at Work 2017, which will take place in Singapore from 03 to 06 September 2017.See more

A parliamentary fact-finding mission report adopted by the Social Affairs Commission in France outlines the OiRA tools developed by the National Research and Safety Institute (INRS) to help micro and small enterprises (MSEs) evaluate their own risks.See more

The publication ‘DARES Résultats’ from the French Ministry of Labour has recently released a study which analyses the role of social dialogue in shaping micro and small companies (MSEs) in France.See more

The owner of a restaurant in the French department of Seine-Maritime has successfully assessed the occupational risks at her small business by using the ‘OiRA Restauration’ tool developed by the National Research and Safety Institute (INRS).See more